Corn-header.



P. E. SPENCER.

CORN HEADER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 1s, 1912.

I L080,56 Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

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CORN-HEADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

FatentedDec. 9, i913.

Application filed November 16, 1912. Serial No. 731,899.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, residing at lDover, State of Oklahoma, and useful Corn-Header, lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to knives for use in topping or heading Kafir corn and the like, its objectbeing to provide a simple vand compact device of this character which can be Worn comfortably upon the hand and which can be readily manipulated so as to sever the tops while they are being grasped in the hand to which the device is applied.

A further object is to provide attaching means so arranged as to bind the knife tightly upon the hand and thus to hold it against displacement relative thereto.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

ln said drawings :--Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in position, the hand engaged thereby being shown by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section through the device.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates' a metal strip bent to fit snugly about that portion of the hand between the wrist and the little finger, said strip including a long arm 2 designed to extend across the back of the hand and a short arm 3 adapted to project a short distance toward the center of the palm of the hand.

have invented a new of which the fol- A knife 4 is riveted or otherwise attached to that portion of the metal strip between the arms 2 and 3 and is disposed in a plane substantially perpendicular to the planes occupied by said arms. A pad 5 preferably formed of heavy leather is arranged upon the inner faces of the arms 2 and 3 and is attached thereto by rivets or the like. This pad serves to protect the in the county of Kingfisher and the palm thereof.

hand of the user from the metal strip and is o-f such size as to practically cover the back of the hand and a greater portion of Attached to the arm 3 by'a rivet or the like is a strap 6 of leather or any other suitable material, this strap being adapted to engage a buckle 7 carried by a shorter strap 8 which is riveted or otherwise secured to the free end of the arm 2. As shown particularly in Fig. 2, the pad 5 extends upwardly above the buckle 7 so as thus to hold the buckle out of contact with the hand.

In using the device the strap 6 is detached from buckle 7 and the hand is then placed edgewise between the arms 2 and 3 so as to be contacted by the pad. Strap 6 is then inserted into the buckle 7 and drawn taut and secured. Thus the arms 2 and 3 will be sp-rung tightly toward the hand and blade 1 will be held fiXedly at a predetermined angle relative to the hand. In other words, the blade will be held in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane occupied by the palm.

As an additional means for securing the device to the hand, a strap 9 is attached to that back corner of the pad located in front of the palm and another strap 10 is secured to the opposed portion of the pad. One of the straps is provided with a buckle 11 adapted to be engaged by the other strap. The straps 9 and 10 are designed to extend back of the thumband thus hold the de* vice against movement in the direction of the fingers.

By grasping the tops to be severed and then swinging the lower portion of the hand toward the tops, the blade 4f will cut into the tops and sever them.

By arranging the straps 6 and 8 upon the ends of the metal strip 1, there is no danger of distorting the pad when thel straps are drawn tight and the wear and tear upon the device is thus reduced to the minimum.

What is claimed is A corn header including a relatively narrow strip of metal bent to form opposed arms adapted to receive one side of a hand therebetween, one of said arms being shorter than the other and adapted to project into the palm of the hand, the longer arm being adapted to extend across the back of the hand, a cutting blade iiXedly secured to an intermediate portion of said strip and lying in a plane :it right angles to the plane occupied by the hand, said blade being projected laterally beyond the short arm of the strip, attaching ineens secured to the strip, und a` relatively broad strip constituting a flexible pad and secured toy the innel1 or active face off the metal strip for contacting with the hand `throughout practically the entire length of the palm and back there- 10 of, and means connected to said pad and separate from the Cutting blade, for engaging the thumb portion of the hand.

In testimonyv that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FRANCIS E. SPENCER.

Witnesses E. L. HODGKINSON, STELLA HoDGKINsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

